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- Patentad Aug. 2, I898. A. E. JACKSON & P. J. BBITTEN.

BICYCLE SUPPORT.

(Application filed Oct. 2, 1897.)

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No. 608,393. Patented Aug. 2, I898; A. E. JACKSON & P; J. B-BITTEN. v BICYCLE 'SUPPQRT.

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ALBERT EDWARD JAcKsoN AND 'P ERoy JonNsoN BRITTEN, or LONDON,

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BICYCLE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,393, dated August .2, 1898.

Application filed October 2, 1 B 9 7.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that -we, ALBERT EDWARD JAoKsoN and PERoY JOHNSON BRITTEN, sub jeets of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at London, England, have invented a new and useful Bicycle-Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a novel bicyclesupport adapted to be suspended or fixed to a wall, ceiling, or the like, so that the bicycle supported therein can be conveniently stored in places where otherwise there would be no room to receive it-such, for instance, as in halls, narrow passages, and'the like.

According to the invention we provide a suitable frame adapted to be suspended and to lie against the wall or to be suspended from a ceiling and horizontalarms or supports projecting from the said frame and adapted to support the bicycle at the top and bottom.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a bicycle-support made according to our invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof. Figs. 3, 4:, 5, and 6 are views of details drawn to a larger scale.

In the construction of our support (shown in Figs. 1 and 2) the frame a is made of an upright bar of metal, bent at its upper end to form the hook a, by which it can be suspended from the wall, ceiling, or the like, the said bar being at its lower end outwardly bent to form the lower arm Z) for supporting the bicycle. This arm I) is bent at its outer end downwardly and laterally, so as to form the hook I) at right angles to the plane of the arm I), as shown, to engage and support the crank-hanger.

c is an upper horizontal arm, which is of metal, suitably secured to the upright bar and provided at its outer end with a clamp, by means of which adjustable bars 6 e can be rigidly secured in any position, so as to support the bicycle, as hereinafter described.

The clamp and the bars e e are shown to a larger scale in Figs. 3 and 4, which are respectively a plan of the device and a vertical section on the line 4 4, Fig. 3. The clamp here shown and which we have found to an- 50 swer well in practice consists of two plates f j for receiving the outer end of the horizontal Serial No. 653,854. (No model.) 1

g, grooved to receive the bars c e and adapted to be gripped upon the said bars by means of the thumb or wing nut 'h, which works on the bolt '6, the head of which is formed as an eye arm 0. The said eye j enters a recess in the plate g, so that by turning the thumb-nut h in order to tighten the plates f g upon the bars e the said clamp is also rigidly secured to the horizontal arm 0.

The bars 6 e are bent at their outer ends to form hooks e c, which are adapted to pass around the tubes of the bicycle-frame, as shown in Fig. 3, and at the inner end each of the said bars is bent round, so as to form an eye or guide in which the other bar slides. When the said bars have been adjusted so that they grip the frame of the bicycle after the crank -'hanger thereof has been placed upon the hook I). of the arm I), the-thumb or wing nut 77. is tightened, so as to fix the bars 6 e securely together.

is a hook secured by an elastic cord Z or its equivalent to the arm I) and designed to hold the steering-wheel of the bicycle against rotation when the machine is fixed in the support. an is a cap also secured by a cord to the arm I), the said cap being' designed to cover the outer pedal when the machine is in position, and n is'a rubber pad to prevent injury to the wall from the frame a and also to prevent the frame hanging out of the vertical should the weight of the bicycle not be disposed equally on each side thereof.

Fig. 5 illustrates a modified construction of clamp arrangement for the bars 6 e. In this case the said bars are screw-threaded at their inner ends and are screwed into the ends of a socket 0', formed upon the outer end of the horizontal arm 0 at right angles thereto. The bars 6 e are-adjusted in the socket c to the required position and are then secured in this position by nuts 0 0, which are tightened against the ends of the socket c.

In Fig. 6 we have shown a construction of clamp consisting of two plates f g, grooved to receive the bars 6 e and having a centralhole through which the screw-threaded outer end of the horizontal arm a is passed, the said plates being secured in position upon the I00 said arm cand being caused to grip the bars 0 c by nuts it, working upon the screw threaded end of the arm 0.

The hooks b, c, c, and it are covered with suitable material, such as rubber, to prevent injury to the machine.

It will be obvious by our invention that bicycles can be stored upon walls, ceilings, and the like in narrow or small places at such a height that they do not interfere with traflic underneath them.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is- 1. A support for a bicycle comprising among its members a vertical bar provided at its upper end with a suspension device and adjacent to its lower end with an outwardlyextending horizontal arm provided with a support for engaging the crank-hanger, said vertical bar being provided above said crankhanger-supporting arm with an outwardlyextending arm provided with a pair of longitudinally-disposed, independently-adjustable arms, for engaging the bicycle-frame bars, said crank-hanger support and said adjustable arms being located at a distance from the vertical rod su flicient to enable the pedal on the side toward said vertical rod to clear it, whereby said support may be hung upon a wall to support a bicycle and will hold the bicycle away from the wall, substantially as described.

2. A support for a bicycle comprising among its members, a vertical bar provided at its upper end wit-h a suspension device and adjacent to its lower end with an outwardlyextending horizontal arm having a portion to receive and support the crank-hanger, said bar being provided intermediate its ends with a horizontal outwardly-extcnding arm having an adjustable clamp at its outer end and a pair of longitudinally-adjustable rods engaging said clamp and disposed perpendicularly to said arm, said rods having on opposite ends hook portions [or engaging the framebars of the bicycle above the crank-hanger, whereby the bicycle will be supported at a distance from said vertical bar, substantially as described.

3. A support for a bicycle comprising among its members, a vertical bar provided at its upper end with a suspension device and adjacent to its lower end with an outwardlycxtcndinghorizontal arm having a portion to receive and support the crank-hanger, said barbcing provided intermediate its ends with a horizontal ontwardly-extending arm, having an adjustable clamp at its outer end and a pair of longitudinally-adjustable rods engaging said clamp and disposed perpendicularly to said arm, said rods having on opposite ends hook portions [or engaging the framebars of the bicycle above the crank-lmnger, whereby the bicycle will be supported at a distance from said vertical bar, a securing device for engaging the front wheel, an clastic connection between said device and the vertical bar, and a device for engaging one of the pedals, secured to said vertical bar, sub stantially as described.

4. A bicycle-support comprising among its members, a vertical bar provided adjacent to its lower end with a horizontal arm having at its outer end a device for engaging and supporting the crank-hanger, a horizontal arm secured to said vertical bar above the hangersupporting arm, and provided at its outer end with a clamping device, and a pair of horizontal rods engaging said clamp, each of said rods having its inner end provided with a guide engaging the other red and provided 011 its outer end with a hook for engaging a portion of the bicycle-frame, substantially as described.

ALBERT EI)\VARD JACKSON. PERCY JOHNSON BRI'JVIEN.

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